Abstract: A laundry appliance may include a blower configured to deliver exhausted air through an airflow path, a heat exchanger arranged within the airflow path and configured to dehumidify the exhausted air, a drain channel configured to receive condensate from the heat exchanger, a cleaning block arranged above the heat exchanger and configured to deliver fluid flow over the heat exchanger to clean the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An atmospheric water generator (AWG) with a water cooling system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the AWG includes a cooling compartment defined by walls, designed to comprise a cooling medium and comprising a refrigerant coil. The storage tank for storing the water that are generated by the AWG shares at least a portion of a common wall with the cooling compartment. The refrigerant coil of the cooling compartment is in fluid communication with the refrigeration cycle and designed to be at least partially submerged in the cooling medium. In some embodiments, the stored water tank is submerged in the cooling compartment. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system to collect liquid includes a wavy surface formed on a substrate, where the wavy surface includes a plurality of waves. The plurality of waves are configured to capture liquid from the air such that the liquid accumulates in valleys of the waves. The system also includes a liquid collection container configured to collect the liquid captured on the plurality of waves.

Abstract: An HVAC system has a duct with an inlet and an outlet. A first supercharger is disposed in the duct. A second supercharger is disposed in the duct in parallel with the first supercharger. A gearbox has a first output shaft coupled to the first supercharger and a second output shaft of the gearbox coupled to the second supercharger. A first evaporation coil is disposed in the duct between the supercharger and inlet. A second evaporation coil is disposed in the duct between the supercharger and outlet. A heater is disposed in the duct between the supercharger and outlet.

Abstract: A system to extract water from the environment and control temperature through heat transfer between two or more environments, with low energy consumption, for domestic, commercial, or industrial use, which comprises: at least one force unit (10), capable of increasing or decreasing the pressure of the thermal working fluid, wherein the force unit (10) comprises one cylinder (1), which comprises within at least one plunger (2) joined to a piston (27), wherein the piston (27) moves alternately through the activation of a directional control valve (29) that receives hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic pump (32); at least one closed chamber connected to the cylinder (1), wherein that closed chamber comprises at least one tube (12) joined with at least one closed radiator (8a, 8b) wherein thermal working fluid is compressed inside that closed chamber, wherein the change from liquid to solid state or vice versa occurs, or from solid to another solid state or vice versa; and a control unit (11) that regulates the oper

Abstract: The invention discloses an atmospheric water harvesting device based on a semiconductor chilling plate and a preparation method thereof. A first anti-gravity wicking material and a second anti-gravity wicking material are used as water transmission channel to realize a continuous atmospheric water harvesting on the same plane, the first anti-gravity wicking material and the second anti-gravity wicking material are combined with the semiconductor chilling plate, and the cold side can continuously maintain the temperature of the hygroscopic area, so that the hygroscopic salt on the surface of the anti-gravity wicking material maintains a stable moisture absorbing rate. The heat at the hot side can accurately heat the desorbing area on the surface of the material, the cooling capacity and the heat of the semiconductor chilling plate can be fully utilized, and the atmospheric water absorbing with low energy consumption is realized.

Abstract: A dryer or combination washer/dryer machine has a drum (12) and a clothes drying circuit (16) recirculates a drying airflow. An inlet (20, 104) and outlet (22, 106) are connected by a conduit (24). A water vapor path (18) includes a sieve (30) and a compressor (32). The sieve (30) is positioned in the conduit (24). The sieve (30) removes water molecules from the drying airflow to reduce relative humidity in the drying airflow. The compressor (32) is coupled with the sieve to draw the water molecules through the sieve into the compressor (32). The compressor (32) heats the water in the water vapor path (18) and passes it to the drum (12). The water condenses in the drum (12) to heat the drum (12) and air within the drum (12) to dry clothes in the drum (12).

Abstract: A dehumidifying air handling unit for an HVACR system includes a housing, a desiccant wheel, and a cooling heat exchanger. A main airflow path extending through the housing from an air inlet to and air discharged outlet of the housing. The desiccant wheel includes a first end and a second end that are each disposed in the main airflow path and a metal organic framework desiccant that is moved between the first end and the second end. A desiccant wheel includes a metal organic framework desiccant disposed on a surface of the desiccant wheel. Rotation of the desiccant wheel moves a position of the surface between a first end and a second end of the desiccant wheel. The metal organic framework desiccant has an majority absorption-desorption operating band of 25% relative humidity or less.

Abstract: Windows of a vacuum chamber of an AWG are opened to allow air in. Water is absorbed from the air in a hygroscopic material coating the outside of a heat transfer chamber. When the hygroscopic material reaches a certain level, the windows are closed, a vacuum is created in the vacuum chamber, water vapor is released from the hygroscopic material, and the water vapor is pumped from the vacuum chamber into the heat transfer chamber. The pumped water vapor is condensed into water in the heat transfer chamber and energy is transferred from condensation back to the hygroscopic material through one or more walls of the heat transfer chamber. When the water in the heat transfer chamber reaches a certain level, the water is transferred from the heat transfer chamber to the reservoir, the pump is stopped, the vacuum is released, and the windows are opened again.

Abstract: A refrigerated device includes a compartment including an access door. A refrigeration circuit for cooling the compartment includes an evaporator coil with an associated evaporator fan and a condenser with an associated condenser fan. A temperature sensor is provided for indicating a compartment temperature within the compartment. A controller is configured to: (i) monitor the compartment temperature in order to approximate a number of door openings, (ii) compare the approximated number of door openings to a data point and (iii) take a control action based upon a certain result of the comparison.

Abstract: An environmental control system of an aircraft including a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of mediums including a first medium, a second medium, and a third medium and an outlet for delivering a conditioned flow of the second medium to one or more loads of the aircraft. The environmental control system additionally includes a first compressing device and a second compressing device. The second compressing device is arranged in fluid communication with the first compressing device and the outlet. An inlet of the second compressing device is directly connected to an outlet of the first compressing device, and the first compressing device is driven by energy extracted from the first medium. The first medium is a flow of bleed air.

Abstract: A cover suitable for covering a food/beverage support. The food/beverage support can be a container, baking sheet or plate. The cover includes a device support to interchangeably carry a user removably attachable power operated air mover unit or a closure. The cover operable to cover the food/beverage support without the air mover unit fan unit when the food/beverage is being heated or stored. The closure can be connected to the device support. The cover also operable to interchange the closure with the air mover unit and connect the air mover unit to the device support. The cover over the food/beverage and with the air mover unit coupled to the device support operable to blow air over food/beverage on the food/beverage support with the air mover unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an atmospheric water generator that includes an absorption heat transformer (AHT) designed as a heat pump that is able to extract heat even from waste heat sources at or below ambient temperatures, with an evaporator working at a favourable design temperature (preferably between 2° C. and 15° C.) for chilled water supply to a cold coil that extracts atmospheric water from ambient air. The AHT employs a pseudo-isobaric temperature glide bubble reactor that contains a suitable binary liquid-vapour mixture in a density separation distillation environment, powered by a vapour absorption process.

Abstract: A heat pump system includes a compressor, a fluid switching device, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, a fourth heat exchanger, a flow regulating device and a throttle element. The second heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange portion and a second heat exchange portion. An outlet of the first heat exchange portion communicates with the throttle element. An inlet of the first heat exchange portion communicates with at least one of a second port of the third heat exchanger and an outlet of the fourth heat exchanger. An inlet of the second heat exchange portion communicates with the outlet of the first heat exchanger. An outlet of the second heat exchange portion communicates with an inlet of the compressor. In a heating mode, the function of the second heat exchanger is reduced, thereby the heating capacity of the heat pump system is improved.

Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a water tank, a body, and a drainage pump. The body has a working state and includes a drainage position. The body is configured to extend out relative to the water tank in the working state. A water inlet end of the drainage pump is communicated with the water tank, and a water outlet end of the drainage pump is communicated with the drainage position.

Abstract: A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a compressor, a first condenser, a vapor generator having a first region and a second region, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, and a first evaporator. A branching point is positioned between the first condenser and the vapor generator. The branching point diverts a portion of a first heat exchange fluid circulating through the refrigerant loop to the vapor generator. The first expansion valve is positioned between the branching point and the vapor generator. An outlet of the vapor generator is coupled to a mid-pressure inlet port of the compressor.

Abstract: A heat pump system, a defrosting method for the heat pump system, and a controller. The heat pump system includes a heat exchanger assembly for exchanging heat with a fluid medium, the heat exchanger assembly comprised a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger arranged in parallel, the second heat exchanger being arranged upstream of the first heat exchanger in the flow direction of the fluid medium, and when the heat pump system is operating in a heating mode and the temperature and/or ambient humidity to which the heat exchanger assembly is currently exposed reach a pre-set value, the second heat exchanger and the first heat exchanger function as a condenser and an evaporator, respectively.

Abstract: Methods are provided for controlling a refrigerated dryer of a gas compressor system. In an aspect, a control system, including a controller and a flow sensor, selectively operates in a power saving mode in which the controller shuts down a refrigerant compressor included in the dryer system when the flow sensor indicates that no compressed gas is flowing through the dryer. The control system uses input from a temperature sensor to determine whether to activate the compressor regardless of the flow of compressed gas through the dryer.

Abstract: Devices and systems for determining personal outdoor comfort are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive inputs corresponding to characteristics of a user associated with a mobile device, determine a location of the mobile device, communicate an indication of the characteristics and the determined location to a computing device, and receive an outdoor comfort determination from the computing device, wherein the outdoor comfort determination is particular to the user based on the characteristics of the user and particular to the location of the mobile device based on a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the location of the mobile device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides air cooling systems and methods for propulsion systems (e.g., aviation or aerospace propulsion systems). More particularly, the present disclosure provides integrated air cooling systems and methods utilizing air cycle machine cooling for hybrid-electric aircraft or aerospace propulsion systems or the like. The present disclosure provides integrated air cycle machine cooling into the hybrid propulsion system (e.g., into the wing-mounted hybrid propulsion system). As such, the air cooling systems and methods of the present disclosure can minimize weight while improving electric motor/generator cooling.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air compressing apparatus with a dry-air internal-emission trap unit, and more specifically, to an air compressing apparatus with a dry-air internal-emission trap unit which solves various problems arising due to venting and improves an on-site environment where compressed air is used by guiding the venting to an inside of a system for compressing air rather than guiding the venting in the system for compressing air to the outside (atmosphere), and which maximizes energy efficiency and obtains a virtuous circle of energy by enabling compressed air that is discarded to be reused.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of preventing evaporator coil freeze in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes determining a reference saturated suction temperate (SST) via a sensor disposed in relation to an evaporator coil in the HVAC system, where the HVAC system is operating in reheat dehumidification mode. The method also includes determining whether the reference SST is below a minimum SST threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the reference SST is below the minimum SST threshold, determining a decreased compressor speed. The method also includes modulating a variable-speed compressor in the HVAC system in correspondence to the decreased compressor speed.

Abstract: The invention pertains to processes for separating water from air. The processes may employ using an LCST solution with or without subsequent reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, or ultrafiltration.

Abstract: Air conditioning system for an aircraft cabin, comprising a primary exchanger (14) configured to cool bleed air (12) from at least one compressor of the aircraft, a pre-compressor (18), an intermediate exchanger (20), a main compressor (22) configured to compress said pre-compressed bleed air, a main exchanger (28) configured to cool the compressed bleed air, and a water extraction loop, characterized in that it comprises a duct (108) for recovering at least part of the air from the cabin after it has passed through the cabin, and recovered air circulation ducts configured so that the recovered air successively passes through: a secondary exchanger (34), the recovered air forming a first cold source for cooling the bleed air again, a heat exchanger (20), the recovered air forming a second cold source for cooling the bleed air, an energy recovery turbine (48), the recovered air forming a source of energy.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a passenger compartment, a tank designed to contain a wiper fluid and a dispensing device, which is connected to the tank and is operable to dispense and/or spray the wiper fluid on a transparent wall, for example on a windshield; the motor vehicle further has a filling device provided with at least one duct to feed the wiper fluid into the tank; said duct having an inlet that is arranged in the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A control system for cost optimal operation of an energy facility including equipment includes a controller configured to provide a cost function comprising a cost term defining a cost as a function of a rate variable and an equipment usage variable, simulate the cost of operating the energy facility over an optimization period at each of a plurality of different values of the rate variable which define a plurality of different costs per unit of the equipment usage variable, select a value of the rate variable that results in a lowest cost of operating the energy facility over the optimization period, perform an online optimization of the cost function with the rate variable set to the selected value to generate one or more setpoints for the equipment, and operate the equipment during the optimization period in accordance with the generated setpoints.

Abstract: A dehumidification mechanism for an appliance includes a blower that delivers humid process air along an airflow path. A drum is positioned along the airflow path. A condensing apparatus dehumidifies the humid air to define dehumidified air. A membrane has a plurality of nanopores that define a portion of the airflow path within the condensing apparatus. The humid air is delivered along the membrane having the plurality of nanopores and the nanopores operate through capillary condensation to dehumidify the humid air and separate condensate away from the humid air to define the dehumidified air. The condensate removed by the nanopore membrane is delivered away from the airflow path and to a condensate collection area within the appliance.

Abstract: Systems for generation of liquid water are provided. In embodiments, the systems comprise a thermal desiccant unit comprising a porous hygroscopic material located within a housing including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a working fluid that accumulates heat and water vapor upon flowing from fluid inlet of the housing, through the porous hygroscopic material, and to the fluid outlet of the housing, a condenser comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet for condensing water vapor from the working fluid; an enthalpy exchange unit operatively coupled between the thermal desiccant unit and the condenser, wherein the enthalpy exchange unit transfers enthalpy between the working fluid output from the thermal desiccant unit and the working fluid input to the thermal desiccant unit, and, wherein the enthalpy exchange unit transfers enthalpy between the working fluid output from the condenser and the working fluid input to the condenser.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a signal control module, an information display module, a temperature and humidity sensing module, and a gas detection module. The information display module is configured for providing a plurality of information display images. The gas detection module is configured for detecting a gas concentration of a predetermined gas to obtain a gas concentration value. One of the information display images has a temperature and humidity coordinate graph, and a plurality of comfortability distribution areas shown on the temperature and humidity coordinate graph, an ambient temperature value and an ambient humidity value that are obtained by the temperature and humidity sensing module serve as a temperature and humidity indicator shown on one of the comfortability distribution areas, and the gas concentration value that is obtained by the gas detection module serves as a comfortability indicator shown on one of the comfortability distribution areas.

Abstract: Described is an extraction device for extracting compounds from plant material and a method for using such an extraction device. The extraction device comprises an extraction tank receiving plant material and dissolving soluble compounds inside the plant material into a solvent to form a micelle. A series of fluidly connected separation chambers separate purified compounds from the micelle, resulting in purified compounds in each of the separation chambers and solvent. A heat exchanger and a chilled reservoir are used for cooling and storing the solvent. A pump is used for pumping and circulating the solvent into the extraction device. Finally, a control system automatically controls temperature and flow in the extraction device.

Abstract: A compressed air drying system is provided for removing moisture from compressed air. The dryer operates in two modes in response to the demand for compressed air. In a first mode of operation, a refrigeration compressor runs continuously and the speed of a condenser fan is varied to maintain a constant cooling temperature. In a second mode of operation, the refrigeration compressor runs intermittently between on and off periods. As result, the cooling temperature fluctuates during the second mode of operation.

Abstract: A single-package air conditioner unit, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a compressor, and a controller. The cabinet may define an outdoor portion and an indoor portion. The outdoor heat exchanger may be disposed in the outdoor portion. The indoor heat exchanger may be disposed in the indoor portion. The compressor may be in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant therebetween. The controller may be in operative communication with the compressor. The controller may be configured to initiate a conditioning operation. The conditioning operation may include receiving a demand response signal corresponding to electric power access, determining occupancy of an indoor environment, and initiating a responsive conditioning cycle in response to receiving the demand response signal, the responsive conditioning cycle being based on the determined occupancy.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing treatment compound to an enclosed environment comprise a storage and distribution assembly for storing a treatment compound, a pipe system for delivering the treatment compound from the storage tank to an environment and an exhaust system configured to exhaust the treatment compound out of the environment.

Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle is provided. The system replaces a cooling water circuit having a complex configuration and a separate heat pump system for recovering waste heat of an electric vehicle by changing an air flow path for supplying heating and cooling air and secures an indoor space by disposing an HVAC in an engine room.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a first air duct with a first opening and a second opening, in the first air duct are: a cooler, a first suction device and at least part of a sorption heat exchanger having an integrated heating and/or an upstream device for preheating the incoming air. An element for collecting condensed water is also included. The apparatus also comprises a recuperative heat exchanger, which is positioned in the first air duct between the cooler and the sorption exchanger and simultaneously also between the cooler and the second opening. The recuperative heat exchanger has at least two internal conduits connected in such manner, that the first of these internal conduits air-interconnects the sorption exchanger and the cooler and that the second of these internal conduits air-interconnects the cooler and the second opening. The first and second internal conduits of the recuperative heat exchanger are in mutual thermal contact. The sorption exchanger is also air-interconnected to the first opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cup lid and a self-producing water cup. The cup lid includes: a housing, a condensing mechanism, and a heat dissipation mechanism. The housing defines a housing space, an air inlet, an air outlet, and a water outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the water outlet are connected to an outside. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the water outlet are connected to the housing space. The condensing mechanism is housed in the housing and connected to the air inlet. The condensing mechanism is configured to condense air flowing from the air inlet into water, and the water flows out through the water outlet. The heat dissipation mechanism is housed in the housing and connected to the air outlet. The heat dissipation mechanism is configured to dissipate heat generated by the condensing mechanism.

Abstract: Devices and systems for determining personal outdoor comfort are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive inputs corresponding to characteristics of a user associated with a mobile device, determine a location of the mobile device, communicate an indication of the characteristics and the determined location to a computing device, and receive an outdoor comfort determination from the computing device, wherein the outdoor comfort determination is particular to the user based on the characteristics of the user and particular to the location of the mobile device based on a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the location of the mobile device.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for conditioning air for an enclosure, a first ambient airstream is cooled by a cooling coil of a refrigerant cooling system to reduce temperature and humidity, passed through a segment of a rotating desiccant wheel to reduce moisture content and increase temperature, and then supplied to the enclosure. The desiccant wheel is regenerated by a second ambient airstream heated with a condenser coil of the refrigerant system and then passed through a regeneration segment of the desiccant wheel. A bypass plenum allows a third ambient airstream to be selectively heated and cooled independent of the evaporator coil and desiccant wheel in the first plenum. Heated air bypassed from the second ambient airstream or an independent heater can perform the selective heating in the bypass plenum. The airstream in the bypass plenum is then supplied with the air treated in the first plenum to the enclosure.

Abstract: A dehumidifying air handling unit for an HVACR system includes a housing, a desiccant wheel, and a cooling heat exchanger. A main airflow path extending through the housing from an air inlet to and air discharged outlet of the housing. The desiccant wheel includes a first end and a second end that are each disposed in the main airflow path and a metal organic framework desiccant that is moved between the first end and the second end. A desiccant wheel includes a metal organic framework desiccant disposed on a surface of the desiccant wheel. Rotation of the desiccant wheel moves a position of the surface between a first end and a second end of the desiccant wheel. The metal organic framework desiccant has an majority absorption-desorption operating band of 25% relative humidity or less.

Abstract: A water generation system for a vehicle comprises: a first container to collect liquid water generated from the condensation of water vapor; a filter to filter the liquid water, the filter in fluid flow communication with the first container; a second container to store the liquid water that the filter filtered, the second container (i) in fluid flow communication with the filter and (ii) configured to hold a larger volume of the liquid water than the first container; and a source of ultraviolet light that, when activated, emits the ultraviolet light into at least one of the first container and the second container. The water generation system can further comprise an agitator that is configured to agitate the liquid water disposed within either the first container or the second container, and a cooling element configured to withdraw heat from the liquid water within the water generation system.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a device and method for atmospheric water harvesting operative in an alternating sequence of an absorption phase and a desorption phase. The device comprises an air permeable adsorbent substrate being subject to an atmospheric airflow during the absorption phase and being subject to a circulated airflow during the desorption phase. The device further comprises a liquid heated heat radiation element embedded in the adsorbent substrate and a heated liquid heating media being circulated in the heat radiation element during the desorption phase. The device may further comprise air shutters, where the direction of the atmospheric airflow being substantially transversal to the direction of the circulated airflow. The air shutters are capable of blocking an entrance and an exit of the atmospheric airflow during the desorption phase.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for producing fresh water from moisture-laden air. The apparatus has a frame supporting a plurality of condensation panels that each have a panel body defining a pair of condensation surfaces that will contact the moisture-laden air. A panel support mechanism supports each of the condensation panels in spaced apart relation to each other so each condensation surface contacts moisture-laden air. A flow channel inside the panel body defines a flow path for a cooling fluid that cools the condensation surfaces so the moisture-laden air will produce condensate thereon that collects as fresh water. The system includes a plurality of apparatuses, a chilling mechanism to cool the cooled fluid, inlet and discharge lines connecting the chilling mechanism and apparatuses, pumps to pressurize the cooled fluid, fans to move the moisture-laden air and water collecting surfaces to collect the fresh water.

Abstract: A ventilation and air conditioning system includes: an air conditioner that cools air in an air conditioning room; a plurality of transfer air fans that are installed for a plurality of rooms, which are independent of the air conditioning room, in one-to-one correspondence and each deliver the air in the air conditioning room to a corresponding room; and a system controller. For each of the plurality of rooms, the system controller calculates a dew point temperature in the room on the basis of the temperature and the humidity in the room, determines, on the basis of the calculated dew point temperature in the room and the temperature in the air conditioning room, the occurrence of condensation resulting from delivery of the air in the air conditioning room to the room, and controls, according to the result of the determination, the airflow of the transfer air fan corresponding to the room.

Abstract: A method for providing environmental comfort includes obtaining measurements of a dry bulb temperature, a relative humidity, and an airflow rate for an indoor space, calculating an apparent temperature for the indoor space using the measurements, and generating a visualization comprising a comfort band and a value of each of the apparent temperature, the dry bulb temperature, the relative humidity, and the airflow rate for the indoor space plotted relative to the comfort band along independent axes. The method also includes controlling building equipment to drive the value of one or more of the apparent temperature, the dry bulb temperature, the relative humidity, or the airflow rate into the comfort band.

Abstract: An automatic disinfection workstation system utilizes a disinfecting workstation-light to disinfect surfaces within the workstation and may also include an airflow disinfecting system that utilizes an airflow disinfecting light to disinfect an airflow through the workstation. The workstation may have three walls forming the workstation enclosure and the disinfecting workstation-light may be configured proximal to the top of the walls and emit ultraviolet light to deactivate or kill germs or viruses within the line of sight of the light. The disinfecting workstation-light is actuated over the workstation to produce light with various lines of sight to more effectively disinfect the workstation. In addition, a light-angle actuator may rotate the light to further increase the various lines-of-sight. This combination of traversing the light at various angles may further enhance the effectiveness of disinfecting the workstation.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a supply duct and a return duct fluidly coupled to the supply duct. A first evaporator is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct. A second evaporator is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct. A fresh-air intake is disposed between the supply duct and the return duct upstream of the first evaporator and the second evaporator. A first plurality of dampers are disposed upstream of the first evaporator. A second plurality of dampers are disposed upstream of the second evaporator. A divider panel is disposed between the first evaporator and the second evaporator. The divider panel directs air egressing the first plurality of dampers across the first evaporator and air egressing the second plurality of dampers across the second evaporator.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a mobile pretreatment method and apparatus, which may include: a vehicle-mounted system; and a detachable pretreatment chamber fluidly connected to the vehicle-mounted system. The detachable pretreatment chamber may be configured to accommodate an item for sterilization, and may include a temperature and humidity detector, a humidification device, and a water heating device. The vehicle-mounted system may be mountable on a vehicle, and may include an automatic control system, a heating system, a humidification system, and a water inlet system, the latter three being electrically connected to the automatic control system. The heating system may be fluidly connected to the water inlet system, and may be fluidly connected to the water heating device. The humidification system may be fluidly connected to the water inlet system, and may be fluidly connected to the humidification device.

Abstract: A heating apparatus of the invention executes a first heating control for heating a heater core by a heat generation device when a process of heating the heater core is requested while an engine operation is stopped. The heating apparatus executes a second heating control for heating the cooling water which cooled an internal combustion engine, by the heat generation device and supplying the heated cooling water to the heater core when a heater core temperature is not increased to a requested temperature only by the heat generation device. The heating apparatus executes a third heating control for stopping the engine operation, heating the cooling water which cooled the internal combustion engine, by the heat generation device, and supplying the heated cooling water to the heater core when an engine temperature becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature while the second heating control is executed.

Abstract: A heat exchanger system that includes a heat exchanger that includes a plurality of circuits wherein the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant and a working fluid. The heat exchanger system also includes a valve configured to fluidly couple a circuit of the plurality of circuits to a flow path of the refrigerant. Further, the heat exchanger system includes a controller that is configured to receive feedback indicative of an operating parameter of the heat exchanger system and actuate the valve based on the operating parameter.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes an in-vehicle air conditioner that includes a refrigerant circulation circuit including a compressor and an evaporator; a weather information acquiring section configured to acquire weather information at a current location of a vehicle; an evaporator drying determining section configured to estimate a water retention amount of the evaporator based on the weather information acquired by the weather information acquiring section and an operation state of the in-vehicle air conditioner, and to determine whether the evaporator is in a dry state; and a compressor stop permitting section configured to output a permission signal for permitting stop of the compressor on a condition that the evaporator drying determining section determines that the evaporator is in the dry state.